From: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>
To: Harald Freudenberger <freude@linux.ibm.com>,
Holger Dengler <dengler@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>,
Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] s390/crypto: Rework ctr_paes_do_crypt() to remove conditional locking
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 14:47:05 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260804124705.12261Cbe-hca@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260804114701.54ADE1F000E9@smtp.kernel.org>
Harald, Holger,
> Pre-existing issues:
> - [High] Silent data corruption when skcipher_walk_done() mapping errors are overwritten by paes_convert_key() false success.
> --
>
> --- Patch [2]: [PATCH 2/3] s390/crypto: Rework ctr_paes_do_crypt() to remove conditional locking ---
> commit fd135aacfa5dd1086ab5711e4513f6e0edede1dc
> Author: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>
>
> s390/crypto: Rework ctr_paes_do_crypt() to remove conditional locking
>
> This commit extracts the core loop of ctr_paes_do_crypt() into a new
> helper function, __ctr_paes_do_crypt(), to avoid conditionally taken locks
> that trip up Clang's static analysis.
>
> > diff --git a/arch/s390/crypto/paes_s390.c b/arch/s390/crypto/paes_s390.c
> > index 8cfe6166c193c..d4a9108d39f5f 100644
> > --- a/arch/s390/crypto/paes_s390.c
> > +++ b/arch/s390/crypto/paes_s390.c
>
> [ ... ]
>
> > @@ -981,34 +955,76 @@ static int ctr_paes_do_crypt(struct s390_paes_ctx *ctx,
> > k = cpacf_kmctr(ctx->fc, param, walk->dst.virt.addr,
> > walk->src.virt.addr, n, ctrptr);
> > if (k) {
> > - if (ctrptr == ctrblk)
> > + if (ctrptr == ctrblk) {
> > memcpy(walk->iv, ctrptr + k - AES_BLOCK_SIZE,
> > AES_BLOCK_SIZE);
> > + }
> > crypto_inc(walk->iv, AES_BLOCK_SIZE);
> > rc = skcipher_walk_done(walk, nbytes - k);
> > }
> > if (k < n) {
> > if (!maysleep) {
> > - if (locked)
> > - mutex_unlock(&ctrblk_lock);
> > rc = -EKEYEXPIRED;
> > goto out;
> > }
> > rc = paes_convert_key(ctx, tested);
>
> [Severity: High]
> This is a pre-existing issue, but does this sequence overwrite an error
> from skcipher_walk_done()?
What should happen with this? Can this be ignored? Or should this be
fixed like
rc = skcipher_walk_done(walk, nbytes - k);
if (rc) {
if (locked)
mutex_unlock(&ctrblk_lock);
goto out;
}
before the conversion?
Even though I said I don't want to fix pre-existing issues, I broke a
similar code path with the first patch, so...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-04 12:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-04 11:37 [PATCH 0/3] s390/crypto: Enable CONTEXT_ANALYSIS Heiko Carstens
2026-08-04 11:37 ` [PATCH 1/3] s390/crypto: Rework ctr_aes_crypt() to remove conditional locking Heiko Carstens
2026-08-04 11:44 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-04 11:37 ` [PATCH 2/3] s390/crypto: Rework ctr_paes_do_crypt() " Heiko Carstens
2026-08-04 11:47 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-04 12:47 ` Heiko Carstens [this message]
2026-08-05 8:47 ` Harald Freudenberger
2026-08-04 11:37 ` [PATCH 3/3] s390/crypto: Enable CONTEXT_ANALYSIS Heiko Carstens
2026-08-04 11:45 ` sashiko-bot
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